Go Stargazing at Hannah's Meadow
Sunday 29th October 2023 from 19:30pm to 22:00pm
Low Birk Hatt Farm
Baldersdale, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 9UX
Join local astronomer Neill Sanders from Go Stargazing for a laser-guided tour of the night skies above the North Pennines at the wonderful location of Birk Hatt Farm in Baldersdale.
Learn your way around the constellations and enjoy incredible views of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn through a large telescope (weather permitting). Following our stargazing session and a break for hot chocolate there will be a talk on ‘The Search for Exoplanets’.
This event is aimed at adults (18+ years). No dogs please. Please wrap up warm. Unfortunately this event is not wheelchair accessible. Any questions about the event please email: [email protected].
This event is part of the North Pennines Stargazing Festival 2023, running from the 20th of October to the 5th of November, 2023. #NorthPennStarFest23 #NPennDarkSkies
Please note that this has already taken place on 29/10/2023
Event organiser
North Pennines National Landscape is organising this event
Please contact North Pennines National Landscape directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: [email protected]
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Twitter: @NorthPennAONB
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Event booking
Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Sun 29th Oct
Local light pollution
Low Birk Hatt Farm is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to adark site dark site location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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